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  • Notes from a Practitioner

    Notes from a Practitioner

    By Nessa Richman March 2025 Seven years ago, when I became the Executive Director of the Rhode Island Food Policy Council, my first priority was to develop relationships with the 25 Council members. Each one brought a personal perspective from their experience with the food system. Every day, I worked with these skilled and diverse read more

  • Urban Farms as Third Teachers: Learning and Sustainability at Voll Gård

    Urban Farms as Third Teachers: Learning and Sustainability at Voll Gård

    Authors: Beste Sabir Onat, Adam J. Calo, Stijn van den Oever, Heidi Vinge Despite rapid urbanization and the high commercial value of city-center spaces, Voll Gård in Trondheim, Norway, a pedagogical farm and competence center for urban agriculture, stands as a testament to the power of urban agriculture. Supported by policymakers and the government, this read more

  • Is there a connection between mobility and land access in urban farming?

    Is there a connection between mobility and land access in urban farming?

    Authors: Stijn van den Oever, Adam Calo, Heidi Vinge, Beste Sabir Onat The JUST GROW team based in Norway and the Netherlands is investigating how urban agriculture is  mediated by land access and labour equity. During the summer period the pace of our research has  slightly slowed down, but now that everyone is back (and read more

  • Committed to a sustainable and fair food system: First insights from interviews with initiatives in Dortmund

    Committed to a sustainable and fair food system: First insights from interviews with initiatives in Dortmund

    Authors: Ann-Kristin Steines, Annika Eisenberg, Barbara Schröter The JUST GROW hub in Dortmund, Germany is researching how urban agriculture can contribute to food security. Over the past few months, we have been conducting interviews with different actors involved in urban agriculture in Dortmund and the surrounding area.  We would like to give you an insight read more